Graduate Assistantships

Assistantship duties require up to 20 hours of work per week and usually includes
two award amounts: a stipend and a tuition supplement. The tuition supplement is automatically
deducted from your tuition charges (all graduate assistants pay the graduate in-state
tuition rate). The supplement ranges up to the tuition amount for 9 graduate credits.
Stipends range from $2,400 to $10,000 per academic year.

You must have been admitted by the Graduate School as a degree student before being hired as a graduate assistant.

Interested students are encouraged to complete and submit the Assistantship application
by March 7 for consideration for the following fall term. Applications received after
March 7 will be considered only if positions are still available.

Please note that full-time graduate students, international students and graduate
assistants are required to provide proof that they are covered by health insurance
before registering for classes. The USC Graduate School has provided a $250 annual
subsidy for graduate assistants who purchase the university health insurance plan
for the academic year. More information on the USC sponsored health plan.

Graduate Fellowship Opportunity At the present time the School of Music offers one named graduate fellowship, The
Carroll Taussig Fellowship in Opera, as well as $2500 fellowship awards in voice,
woodwinds, brass, music education and double bass. Smaller fellowship awards are available
to music students in all degree programs upon recommendation by the area faculty.